Clinical Transfusion Medicine

Cover......Page 1
Copyright © 1999......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 10
2 Allogeneic Blood Products......Page 13
3 Autologous Blood Products......Page 18
4 Epidemiology of Blood Transfusion......Page 23
5 Informed Consent and Explanation of Blood Options......Page 25
6 The ABO and Rhesus Systems......Page 29
7 Compatibility Testing and the Importance of Proper Recipient Identification......Page 32
8 The Administration of Blood Products......Page 37
9 Blood Transfusion in Surgery I: Ordering Practices and Transfusion Styles......Page 40
10 Blood Transfusion in Surgery II: Cardiac and Vascular Surgery......Page 44
11 Blood Transfusion in Surgery III: Orthopedic and Urologic Surgery......Page 48
12 Blood Transfusion in Surgery IV: Blood Transfusion in Solid Organ Allografts......Page 52
13 Blood Transfusion in Surgery V: General Surgery......Page 56
14 Blood Transfusion in Surgery VI: Trauma and Massive Blood Transfusion......Page 60
15 Blood Transfusion in Medicine I: Cancer......Page 64
16 Blood Transfusion in Medicine II: Bone Marrow Transplantation......Page 68
17 Blood Transfusion in Medicine III: Hereditary Anemias......Page 72
18 Blood Transfusion in Medicine: IV: Renal Disease......Page 77
19 Blood Transfusion in Medicine V: Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding......Page 81
20 Blood Transfusion in Medicine VI: Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus......Page 83
21 Blood Transfusion in Medicine VII: Hereditary and Acquired Bleeding Disorders......Page 85
22 Blood Transfusion in Medicine VIII: Autoantibodies to Red Cells and Platelets The transfusion management of patients with autoantibodies to red cells or platelets complicates normal compatibility testing for these patients.......Page 91
23 Blood Transfusion in Medicine IX: Using Drugs to Reduce Blood Transfusion......Page 96
24 Blood Transfusion in Obstetrics......Page 100
25 Fetal and Neonatal Transfusion......Page 104
26 Clinical Decisions and Response Monitoring: Triggers, Targets, Functional Reserve and Threshold of Effect......Page 108
27 Red Blood Cells: Indications and Dosing......Page 112
28 Platelets: Indications and Dosing......Page 116
29 Plasma and Cryoprecipitate: Indications and Dosing......Page 121
30 Leukocytes: Indications and Dosage......Page 126
31 Blood Derivatives: Indications and Dosage......Page 129
32 Acute Complications of Blood Transfusion......Page 132
33 Delayed and Late Complications of Blood Transfusion......Page 140
34 Blood Transfusion Transmitted Infections I: Viruses......Page 144
35 Blood Transfusion Transmitted Infections II: Bacteria, Protozoa, Helminths and Prions......Page 149
36 Special Blood Products I: Leukoreduced and Washed Blood Products......Page 154
37 Special Blood Products II: Irradiated Blood Products and Transfusion Associated Graft Versus Host Disease......Page 158
38 Special Blood Products III: Cytomegalovirus Low Risk Blood Products and the Prevention of Primary CMV Disease......Page 162
39 Special Blood Product IV: Frozen Blood......Page 165
40 Special Blood Products V: Therapeutic Phlebotomy, Apheresis and Photopheresis......Page 167
41 Blood Transfusion in the 21st Century......Page 172
APPENDIX......Page 174
Index......Page 176
Back Cover......Page 180